Chennai resident kalpakkam srinivasamurti has recalled the accident that he had when traveling in Tamil nadu exp that happened on Aug 31, 1981 at sirpur kagaznagar wherein 15 people were killed 88 injured. This was recaptured again in today's The Hindu. There are 9 other incidents of derailment, fire, etc reported in wiki for this train. Could this train be jinxed as The Hindu wondered in 2012? Hope the bad luck if any exists gets over soon.
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Year Location Cause of accident Casualties
1977 Vijayawada Derailment none
1978 Nagpur–Itarsi section Derailment none
1981 Asifabad Road Station Derailment 15 killed
39 injured
1983 Kazipet Derailment none
1984 Vijayawada Derailment none
1984 Delhi Fire in one of the coaches. Two coaches
partially damaged
1986 Agra–Gwalior Section Fire in one of the first class coaches 3 injured
1987 Amla–Nagpur Derailment of 13 coaches 2 killed
30 injured
1990 Mathura Collision with an empty train none
2012 Nellore Fire in S11 coach 32 killed
27 injured.
I think no other train can come near this negative achievement :(